J-Law on success: “Of course I have changed”

The Hunger Games actress, who won an Oscar for her turn opposite Bradley Cooper in Silver Linings Playbook, cracked a joke or two during an interview with Empire magazine.

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When asked if the award meant she'd become more of a diva on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire set, she laughed and replied:

"Well, of course I changed. I told them, 'Things are going to be a little different around here from now on'." The star plays Katniss Everdeen in the movie; a character, she says she identifies with, despite being far removed from her own American upbringing.

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"It's hard to say you identify with someone who's facing life and death and war," she shared. "It's not like, 'Oh my God that's, like, totally how I feel'. "But there is the connection in that she doesn't feel like just part of the town anymore. Now everyone treats her as a celebrity... Whereas she still feels like she's part of them."

She went on to admit that appearing on the big screen has made some normal situations uncomfortable, particularly when she gets special treatment from people.

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"I get that a lot," she admitted. "I'll go to get a coffee where I always get coffee and all of a sudden there's this weird mood, and I'm like, 'Come on, I still get coffee here, just say hello'."